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1	-> "Who in their right mind teaches a seven year old to breathe fire?"
2	--> -- ''Ebisu'', on Sasuke Uchiha.
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4	''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12365690/1/Chasing-the-shadow Chasing the Shadow]]'' is a ''Franchise/{{Naruto}}'' fanfic based on a relatively simple premise. Everyone involved is just a little bit less stupid wherever possible.
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6	Written by a fan fictioner called Obvious Pseudonym O'flaherty, the story is a FixFic take on the ''Franchise/{{Naruto}}'' franchise, based on the premise that, instead of being made to live alone as a child, Naruto was instead raised by the Uchiha clan as Sasuke's brother. The story is written with the express intent of being ''[[RationalFic less blatantly silly]]'' than the story writing of the original eventually became, and has thus far been relatively successful in that regard. The story sticks relatively closely to canon for a short while, but diverges rather rapidly at the land of waves arc, with multiple small scale changes resulting in a very different series of events past that point.
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8	The story is a Naru/Haku fic, but, rather uniquely, has been published in two separate versions, so that readers can choose for themselves whether Haku is a ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12365690/1/Chasing-the-shadow boy]]'' or a ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12479966/1/Chasing-the-shadow-Fem-Haku girl.]]''
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11	!!Tropes:
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13	%%* AdaptationalBadass: Sakura, who's much more of a BadassBookworm than in canon.
14	* AfterActionHealingDrama: During their battle with Zabuza, [[spoiler:Kakashi is practically boiled alive]], a medical emergency ensues.
15	%%* AmbiguouslyBi: Both Naruto and Haku, the author seems to have a thing for complicated sexualities. It's made more complicated by the fact that both characters sexualities change depending on which version you read.
16	* AntiVillain: [[spoiler:Orochimaru and Kisame]]: the former, while still not good, is more of a sociopath than truly villainous. The latter, while definitely a villain, is generally kind and does allow his friendships with some of the heroes to [[spoiler:influence his actions]].
17	%%* BadassBookworm: Sakura, it's practically her whole thing.
18	* BerserkButton: Never tell Sakura she can't do something, it won't end well.
19	%%* BigDamnHeroes: Used several times through the fic, to varying degrees of success.
20	%%* DefusingTheTykeBomb: Naruto's approach to dealing with [[spoiler:Gaara]] and Kakashi's approach to [[spoiler:Haku]].
21	%%* DevotedToYou: [[spoiler:Haku]], towards Naruto, to a frankly disturbing degree
22	* FixFic: This story towards the ''Franchise/{{Naruto}}'' franchise as a whole.
23	* GroinAttack: Haku uses one on Naruto during [[spoiler:their first fight scene]]
24	* LeeroyJenkins: Lampshaded, the fic flat out states that [[spoiler: Sasuke and Naruto charging Zabuza to save Kakashi]] was stupid and suicidal.
25	* PleaseWakeUp: After finding [[spoiler:Kimimaro]] in [[spoiler:the bombed out wreck of their hideout]], Haku uses one of these combined with some slapping.
26	* SharingABody: Kurama and Naruto, for obvious reasons.
27	* ShutUpHannibal: Naruto's response to [[spoiler:Kurama]] when the latter explains why he thinks humans are terrible.
28	* TookALevelInBadass: Everyone. Special mention goes to Sakura and Hinata [[spoiler:post timeskip]] though.
29	%%* TykeBomb: Most of the main cast, to some degree or another, but specifically Gaara.
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